Title :
Life cycle costing analysis for poly-silicon photovoltaics production processes in Japan
Author :
Inoue, T. ; Kajikawa, Y. ; Yamada, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The objective of this study is to identify the key technology with analysis of the cost boundary of future photovoltaics (PV) technologies using life-cycle costing. We estimate the amount cost of photovoltaic system in Japan. It considers material flows over the whole production process starting from silica extraction to the final panel assembling. The comparison of current scenario to the expected future PV technologies focusing on the equipments in each production processes results in factory scale boundaries.
Keywords :
life cycle costing; photovoltaic cells; photovoltaic power systems; life cycle costing analysis; poly-silicon photovoltaics production processes; Biological system modeling; Photovoltaic systems; Production facilities; Silicon; Cost reduction; Life cycle analysis; Photovoltaics;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Macao
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8501-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2157-3611
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674647
